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A38823	The Gospel treasury opened, or, The holiest of all unvailing discovering yet more the riches of grace and glory to the vessels of mercy unto whom onely it is given to know the mysteries of that kingdom and the excellency of spirit, power, truth above letter, forms, shadows / in several sermons preached at Kensington & elswhere by John Everard ; whereunto is added the mystical divinity of Dionysius the Areopagite spoken of Acts 17:34 with collections out of other divine authors translated by Dr. Everard, never before printed in English.	Everard, John, 1575?-1650?; Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.; Barker, Matthew, 1619-1698.	1657 (1657)	Wing E3531; ESTC R29421	513,595	936

much every whit arise from their confusion as from their salvation the hurt is their own not his And now to shew you how the dumb and deaf creatures sing praise to God as God demanded of Iob when he thought as we that man onely praises God Iob 38. 7. saith God Where wert thou when the morning Stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy God says there they Shouted and Sung did not you heat them did they not sing and shout in your ears it is no matter they did in his and to him they sang melodiously and Aloud and he understands their voice and their language though we understand not how they do praise him As in a tree it is the nature thereof to grow and flourish in the spring and in Autumn the leaves fall and the sap returns to the root Gods will is as well accomplished in this tree as in a man for these visible creatures were made of invisible and that which is invisible praised him before and that praises him still for all the creatures the Sun Moon and Stars yea the whole Creation they all sing sweetly and make a melodious praise wherein he is infinitely delighted as Psal. 19. The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth sheweth his handy-work And the Song of the three Children O all ye works of God bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever There is in all these dumb and insensible and unreasonable creatures A proper kind of Religion God gives to every one according to their place degree nature and calling A Talent and accordingly he will require of them again if he gives the gift of prophesie we must prophesie according to the measure of faith as in the University we do not expect those parts and abilities in young beginners and Sizars that we expect in those that are of longer standing Then by the way it is no wonder though God give to those that sit at the Helm of his Church more eminent and larger gifts then he gives to those that are below in lower offices I may say even these unreasonable creatures have a Religion in their way according to Gods will We see God ascribes moral vertues to them As in the Proverbs Go to the Pismire thou sluggard she provideth in summer for the Winter in Isai. 1. 3. The Ox knoweth his owner and the Ass his Masters crib but my people have not known me saith the Lord and in the Evangelists it is He rebuketh the windes and sea and they Obey him Here are moral vertues in them care and providence in the Pismire thankfulness in the Ox and Ass to them that feed them we see they will acknowledge their owner and there is obedience even in the Seas Nay every Creature doth its duty but onely MAN We will now also see if we can find out their Religion Religion consists of four parts All Religion I say may be reduced to four heads The first is A Creed what we are to believe 2. A Petition what we are to pray for 3. A Decalogue what we are to do And Lastly A Sacrifice what we are to give Now let us see how all these are competible to all these creatures First For their Creed what they believe what faith they have it is true they cannot speak as we do yet they speak in their kind and as they are able We require no more of children then they are able neither doth God of his Creatures and so these creatures do in their kind both speak and believe this is an undeniable maxime That there is a God for who can look upon an effect but he must needs have recourse to the cause there can be no effect without a cause if we see a thing made we know it hath a Maker and if we look upon the creature in this kind as an Effect it plainly speaks a cause so that we can look upon no creature but we must inquire after God There is no attribute ascribed to God but all the creatures speak it and confess it As first to speak of some of his Attributes for instance God is one Simple Essence this unity is testified and declared by the Creatures that God is one and can be no more for if there were more then one Creator of them then the one would destroy confouud and overthrow the other for if they be Two either they must be equal or not equal if they be not equal then the one is greater then the other and the greater will overcome the lesser and if they be equal then there must be bounds and limits set how far the Ones dominion must reach and how far the other but this to affirm is most absurd and ridiculous Secondly They all testifie that God is good and if good and the onely goodness goodness it self then likewise he must be Truth Entity and Being for all these are one Whatever is one is God whatever is truth is God whatever is good is God whatever is Entity and Being is God for in saying he is good or in saying He is any of these He is all these for these are terms convertible if he be good then he is Truth Entity and Being and if he be truth entity and being then he is good these are all one and so of any of the rest And if there be A goodness in the creatures then what is He who is the fountain that gives all these their goodness These are but the Chanels that run from the Fountain and Head but it so falls out in the world and is so common that many yea most men are so taken up with the pleasantness of the streames that come from him that they are drowned in them he gives us these outward comforts that they may draw our eyes to him that bestows them that so we may be in love with him not them But in our way to him we fall in love with the creatures he lets down these cords to draw us up to him we hang our selves with these cords as those that came a woing to Penelope many yea most of them fell in love with the Handmaids that were appointed to lead them to her and so never saw the Mistress So do we fall in love with the servants The Handmaids of God The creatures and we make them The Mistress whereas we should never rest till we come by these servants and Handmaids to the True Mistress indeed God himself Blessed for ever and onely BEAUTIFUL Thirdly God is called Light that is a property ●●●buted to him but yet God is not the light we now see but he is that fountain and being from whence it comes and therefore when we behold and see the Sun Moon and Stars and the glorious Firmament we cannot choose but ask whose light is this and they presently tell us Their Belief That they are All The works of His hands There is no creature but testifies the

adore and worship thee and thee I will serve saith another Profit thou art my God thee I will please and obey Thus if you will examine your selves punctually and particularly you cannot deny but must confess that you have worshipped and served other Gods And thou mayest truly complain and say O Lord Other Lords besides thee have ruled over me Though Reason will excuse and defend it self yet hear God speak in thee hear what His well-beloved Son saith in thee and confess that thou art as the truth is Guilty of the breach of this Commandement and that the reward of sin is death hell and eternal damnation and this confession from the heart and from a true sight is a sure means and way that thy spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus This sight of thy spiritual thraldom and being delivered over to Sathan is that thy Spirit may be saved and that thy flesh may be crucified And so you might go over all the Commandments and try your selves by them as hereafter I may have time and if you do but thus examine your selves you will never complain of want of Catechizing But for this time the time hath cut me off SERMON VI. ROM 8. 17. If so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together THis is the sixth hour I have spoken to you out of these words Many men may think themselves exempted from suffering with Christ because they do not suffer as Christ did viz. In Disgrace Buffeting Spitting upon Poverty Whipping Crucifying c. For As a Lamb dumb before the shearer so opened He not his mouth Therefore I defined a condition to you wherein every one may claim a part in his sufferings and that was in Phil. 2. 6 7. He Emptied himself And he Humbled himself Phil. 2. 6 7. And I told you If we suffer never so much if we suffer not on This foundation we do not suffer with Christ And if we do suffer from these two then if we suffer never so little we do suffer with him Nay if these two foundations be laid It matters not whether we be called to suffer in the former cases or no so we have but a readiness and a fit disposition and willingness to suffer therein also if God please but suffering in these two respects In Emptying our selves and humbling our selves as Christ did we do suffer with Christ and shall Reign with him For all other sufferings let them be what they will are nothing to these or without these yea the external and bodily torments of hell are below these sufferings It may be we are far from the sufferings of our neighbours in Germany in the other sufferings yet if we have suffered in these Two we have suffered beyond them if they have not suffered in these kindes All the Tyrants in the world cannot invent Tortures comparable to these sufferings The last day we came to handle one of those six steps that lead up to this Throne of Solomon The first was Condemnation of our selves The second Annihilation The third For saking all The fourth Indifferency to all conditions That is to be as willing to have pain as ease as willing to have want as plenty foul weather as fair bad report as good report that we can as well bless God for evil as for good Enough can say blessed be his name for good things God hath given me health Oh! blessed be his name God hath given me wealth God hath given me a good year of increase God hath sent fair weather to get in my crop Oh! blessed be his name God hath given me the life of my wife or the life of my children Oh! blessed be his name God hath given me many goodly and happy children that are a comfort to me in my old age Oh! blessed be his name Every one can bless God for these things And what great things do ye Do not Heathens and Hypocrites the same saith our Lord. But where is the man that when God hath taken away any of these things can say as heartily Blessed be his name that when God hath taken away his dear wife that when God hath taken away his hopeful child he can say Blessed be the name of the Lord God hath taken away my credit God hath taken away my wealth taken away my health yea all yet blessed be his name Thou mayest say so in words but what saith thy heart doth that say so The fifth was Conformity to Christ. And the last Deiformity when we are captivated and have given up our selves and delivered up into the will of God and all our members presented unto God A living Sacrifice Holy and Acceptable unto God that we no longer do any thing but it is God that doth all in us while we do it All Attain not to the same measure in these as I told you before but all must attain to the same desire and affection to come to these The first is Condemning our selves Iudge your selves and ye shall not be judged Beloved consider what it is that makes us afraid when we come to dye and to leave all our dear friends behind us when that hour comes that we have bur three Deep Groanes or sighs to fetch to cool our languishing heart And then to give up the Ghost I say What makes you afraid then to go out of this body and to leave the world behind you Is it not because you and the world have made a league together and you esteem it so dear a friend as you can have no better Answer me seriously Is it not because you are afraid the Comforts hereafter are not comparable to the Comforts here but would you escape this fear would you escape this judgement then you must ascend these six steps The first whereof is To condemn our selves Let your selves pass first under this judgement Iudge your selves and ye shall not be judged But you will say This Office belongs to Christ To judge as in Acts 10. 42. He is Appointed to be judge of quick and dead What have I do to enter upon the office of Christ All judgement is committed to the Son John 5. 22. To which we Answer It is true that whosoever is truly judged it is Christ that judges him for no man will condemn himself will reason judge Reason or will think you Lucifer cast out Lucifer will Belzebub cast out Belzebub will devillish practises condemn devillish practises You are not so senseless to think so It is true you say in our ordinary speech and you have it at your fingers end we must judge our selves and we m●st condemn our selves but as I said it can never be expected that Belzebub and Lucifer and Antichrist will condemn themselves he can ●ver suffer his Kingdom to be divided he knows then he cannot stand There be as I told you three sorts of men The Carnal The Reasonable And The Spiritual Man I am carnal